Samakal
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Ha-Meem Group |
Publisher | Abul Kalam Azad |
Editor | Alamgir Hossain |
Founded | 31 May 2005[citation needed] |
Language | Bengali |
Headquarters | Dhaka,Bangladesh |
Website | samakal |
Samakal(Bengali:সমকাল,lit. 'Contemporary') is aBengali-languagedaily newspaper published inDhaka,Bangladesh. The paper is owned byHa-Meem Group.It began publication in 2005.[1]Golam Sarwarwas the editor of the paper from its launch until his death in 2018.[2][dubious–discuss]In 2020, Samakal had a circulation of 270,000, which made it the eighth most widely read newspaper in the country.[3]
Over the years, the paper's writers have includedAjoy Dasgupta,[4]Abed Khan,[5]Mizanur Rahman Khan,[6]andKhalil Rahman.[7]Gautam Das,the paper's Faridpur bureau chief, was murdered in November 2005 by junior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politicians after reporting on corruption in the party.[8]
See also
[edit]- List of newspapers in Bangladesh
- Bengali-language newspapers
- Amar Desh
- Dainik Bangla
- Daily Inqilab
- The Daily Sangram
- Daily Naya Diganta
- Daily Janakantha
References
[edit]- ^Mahmud, Shameem (2013). "The Transformation of the Bangladesh Press". In Shoesmith, Brian; Genilo, Jude William (eds.).Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces.Intellect. p. 47.ISBN978-1-8415-0473-5.
- ^"Eminent journalist Golam Sarwar no more".Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.Retrieved23 August2024.
- ^"Number of dailies in Bangladesh now 1,277: Minister".United News of Bangladesh (UNB).4 February 2020.
- ^"Details of Ajoy Dasgupta".National Press Club.
- ^"Abed Khan joins Sangbad Pratidin".Jago News 24.28 July 2016.Retrieved23 August2024.
- ^"Prothom Alo Jt Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan no more".The Daily Star (Bangladesh).12 January 2021.
- ^Bonil; Brown, Dave; Hajjaj, Osama Eid; Fiestoforo; et al. (December 2015)."Quiet zone – a global cartoon special: Cartoonists from around the world draw local taboos".Index on Censorship.44(4): 52–60.doi:10.1177/0306422015622936.
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:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^"Bangladeshi court jails 9 for journalist murder".The Straits Times.Agence France-Presse. 28 June 2013.
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